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David Aaronovitch and guests assess the fallout from France's EU elections and President Macron's subsequent decision to call parliamentary elections later this month.
Guests:
Hugh Schofield, BBC Paris CorrespondentSophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief at The EconomistMujtaba Rahman, Managing Director for Europe at Eurasia Group who advise investors on political riskDr Françoise Boucek, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for European Research in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London
Production team: Caroline Bayley, Miriam Quayyum, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: Sarah Hockley and Rod Farquhar
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David Aaronovitch and guests discuss Donald Trump's conviction in the hush money case, examine the cases yet to be heard and ask whether any of this hurts his election chances?
Guests:
Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America correspondentJack Chin, Professor of Criminal Law at the University of California, DavisWendy Schiller, Professor of Political Science at Brown University
Production team: Caroline Bayley, Miriam Quayyum, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: Rod Farquhar
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David Aaronovitch and guests assess the latest developments in Ukraine. In 2022, Russia was expected to win the war easily. That didn't happen. But is Russia gaining the upper hand now?
Guests:
James Waterhouse, BBC’s Ukraine CorrespondentPolina Ivanova, FT correspondent covering Russia, Ukraine and Central AsiaMichael Clarke, Professor of Defence Studies at Kings College London and Specialist Advisor to the Joint Committee on the National Security StrategyAnn Marie Dailey, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and policy researcher at RAND
Production team: Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: Neil Churchill
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David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the current financial crisis facing UK universities and ask what can be done about it.
Guests:
Branwen Jeffreys, BBC Education EditorNick Hillman, Director of The Higher Education Policy InstituteMadeleine Sumption, Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford and member of the Migration Advisory CommitteeAlan Manning, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
Production team: Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight, Miriam Quayyum and Ben CarterEditors: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: Neil Churchill
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The H5N1 strain of avian flu isn't new. It was discovered in China in 1996. But in recent years it's started passing from mammal to mammal and it's now rife on cattle farms in the United States. How much should humans worry?
David Aaronovitch speaks to:
Professor Wendy Barclay, action medical research chair in virology at Imperial College LondonKai Kupferschmidt, science journalist and molecular biologistDr Caitlin Rivers, epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.Professor Ian Brown, avian virology group at The Pirbright Institute
Production team: Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditors: Richard Vadon and Emma RipponProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: Rod Farquhar
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David Aaronovitch and guests explore the troubled state of the water industry in the UK. How do companies solve the sewage problem, fix the leaks and reduce the debt mountain?
Guests:
Kate Bayliss, research associate in the Department of Economics at SOAS, University of LondonDavid Hall, visiting professor in the Public Services International Research Unit at the University of GreenwichSir Dieter Helm, Professor of Energy at the University of Oxford Julie Bygraves, public policy analyst and expert on utility finance
Production team: Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: Neil Churchill and Graham Puddifoot
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Democrats and Republicans have promised to solve the border crisis in recent times but they've failed and it remains a huge election issue. How does the problem get resolved?
David Aaronovitch talks to:
Gustavo Solis, investigative border reporter at KPBS television station in San DiegoDoris Meissner is Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program Edward Alden, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of When the World Closed Its Doors: The Covid-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders
Production team: Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: Neil Churchill
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David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the reasons why millions of people in the UK aged between 16 and 64 are neither working nor looking for work and what we can do about it.
Tony Wilson, Director of the Institute for Employment StudiesSam Avanzo Windett, Deputy Director at the Learning and Work InstituteTorsten Bell, Chief Executive at the Resolution Foundation
Production team: Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: James Beard
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2024 is the year of elections. According to one estimate just under 50% of all the people on earth live in countries where by December 31st there will have been a national vote. In terms of population size there are none bigger than the six week exercise that got underway last Friday. The world’s biggest democracy - India - has gone to the polls and prime minister Narendra Modi is hoping – perhaps expecting – to win a third term. He first came to power in 2014 and since then fears about “democratic backsliding” have been growing. So how concerned about that should we be? Step inside The Briefing Room and together we’ll find out.
Guests:
Yogita Limaye, BBC's South Asia CorrespondentRohan Venkat, editor of “India Inside Out” newsletterLouise Tillin, Professor of Politics in the India Institute at King’s College London Chietigj Bajpaee, senior research fellow for South Asia at Chatham House.
Production team: Rosamund Jones and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: Hal Haines and Sarah Hockley
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David Aaronovitch and guests explore the thinking behind Iran's decision to attack Israel and ask what the short and long term aims of the Iranian regime are.
Guests:
Shashank Joshi, Defence editor at The EconomistAli Vaez, Iran Project Director at International Crisis GroupDr Roxane Farmanfarmaian, lecturer specialising in the politics of Iran and the Middle East at Cambridge University
Production team: Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineer: Neil Churchill
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Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly vowed to “eliminate” Hamas but after six months of death and destruction in Gaza what do we know about their status?
David Aaronovitch talks to:
Jennifer Jefferis, Teaching Professor at Georgetown University's Security Studies program and author of Hamas: Terrorism, Governance, and its Future in Middle East Politics.
Michael Clarke, Professor of Defence studies and Specialist Advisor to the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.
Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research
Gershon Baskin, Middle East Director, International Communities Organization and a former Israeli negotiator with Hamas
Production team: Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Ibtisam ZeinSound engineer: Rod Farquhar
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The state pension system relies on the workers of today paying the pensions of current retirees. But does an aging population and rising costs threaten that model continuing?
David Aaronovitch talks to:
Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal StudiesPaul Lewis, financial journalist and presenter of Radio 4’s Money Box programme Claer Barrett, consumer editor at the Financial Times and presenter of the FT's Money Clinic podcastSir Steve Webb, formerly Minister for Pensions and current partner at Lane Clark & Peacock
Production team: Drew Hyndman, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineer: Rod Farquhar
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2024 is the year of elections. According to one estimate just under 50% of all the people on earth live in countries where by December 31st there will have been a national vote. To mark this phenomenon we are broadcasting three special programmes.
In the third and final programme in this special series we’re focusing on South Africa. It is 30 years since the African National Congress - led back then by Nelson Mandela - first won power. It has had a majority in parliament ever since. But this year it could well be different. If so, does this decline of the ruling party bode well or badly for South Africa?
Guests:
David Everatt, Professor at the Wits School of Governance in JohannesburgDr Ayesha Omar, British Academy International Fellow at SOASAlexander Beresford, Associate Professor in African Politics at Leeds University Professor Cherrel Africa from the University of the Western Cape
Production team: Rosamund Jones and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineers: Hal Haines and Neil Churchill
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2024 is the year of elections. According to one estimate just under 50% of all the people on earth live in countries where by December 31st there will have been a national vote. To mark this phenomenon we are broadcasting three special programmes.
David Aaronovitch and guests discuss why do some countries bother holding elections if the outcomes are pre-determined and they also ask why the public bother voting in them?
Guests:
Naomi Hossain, Professor of Development Studies at SOASKaterina Tertychnaya, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics & International Relations at the University of OxfordBen Ansell, Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College, University of OxfordErica Frantz, Associate Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University
Production team: Ellie House, Ajai Singh and Ben CarterEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineer: James Beard
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In 1964, pre-historic remains were discovered at Jabal Aṣ-Ṣaḥābah - or Mountain of the Companions - in the Nile Valley near what is now the border of northern Sudan and Egypt. That site contained evidence of the earliest known warfare believed to have taken place around 13,500 years ago. It’s thought that climate change led to that conflict; as crop yields became smaller, more groups had to compete with each other for what food sources were available.
Spears and possibly arrows were the high-tech weapons of choice in the Nile Valley. Flash forward to today and it’s AI-enabled drones that have been - literally - levelling the playing field for Ukraine in their battle against Russia.
But as technological advancement continues apace what lessons have we learned from recent conflicts and how might things change in the wars yet to begin?
Guests: Shashank Joshi, defence editor at The Economist, Dr Jack Watling, Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services InstituteDr Emma Salisbury, associate fellow in military innovation at the Council on Geostrategy
Production team: Ben Carter and Kirsteen KnightEditor: Richard VadonProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineer: Neil Churchill
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It is two years since Russia began its costly conflict against Ukraine. How does it fund its war effort, how do sanctions impact that and how tight is Putin's grip on power?
Guests:Sarah Rainsford, BBC Eastern Europe CorrespondentMaria Shagina, Research Fellow for Economic Sanctions, Standards and Strategy at the International Institute for Strategic StudiesIsaac Levi, Europe-Russia Policy & Energy Analysis Team Lead at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean AirMark Galeotti, Writer on Russian security affairs and director of the consultancy Mayak Intelligence
Production team: Nick Holland, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineer: Neil ChurchillEditor: Richard Vadon
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Deaths from synthetic opioids such as nitazenes and fentanyl are low in the UK but there are fears the problem could escalate and that figures don't show the true picture of the situation. David Aaronovitch explores how dangerous these drugs are, why the opioid crisis is so bad in the US, where they come from and why a shortage of heroin in the UK could mean drug cartels switch to supplying these often fatal alternatives.
Guests:Rick Treble, Forensic chemist, and advisor to the Government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.Dr Caroline Copeland, Director of the National Programme on Substance Abuse DeathsAlex Stevens, Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of KentSam Quinones, journalist and author of 'Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic'
Production team: Nick Holland, Kirsteen Knight and Charlotte McDonaldProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound engineer: Rod FarquharEditor: Penny Murphy
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This week a great queue of dentistless Bristolians appeared outside a new practice offering NHS treatment. That followed a report on children’s health which specifically referenced the poor and worsening state of their teeth. This week the government announced a package to try and improve things in England. But did it go anything like far enough to solve the problems of too few dentists being willing or able to treat NHS patients?
David Aaronovitch is joined by the following experts:
Beccy Baird, Senior Fellow, the King’s FundIan Mills, Dentist and Associate Professor of Primary Care Dentistry at the Peninsula Dental School in PlymouthThea Stein, Chief Executive of the Nuffield TrustProfessor Claire Stevens CBE, Spokesperson, British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
Production team: Nick Holland, Kirsteen Knight and Charlotte McDonaldProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound: James BeardEditor: Richard Vadon
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This week the Education Select Committee said that Ofsted and the Government must rebuild trust and make major changes to school inspections.
This follows months of news coverage of the death of Ruth Perry, the headteacher who killed herself following an Ofsted inspection at her primary school. The coroner ruled that it contributed to her death.
This week we ask - what’s the point of Ofsted?
David is joined by the following experts:Sam Freedman, senior fellow at the Institute for GovernmentJohn Jerrim, Professor of Education and Social Statistics, at UCLCarole Willis, Chief Executive, National Foundation for Educational ResearchColin Diamond, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Birmingham
Production team: Nick Holland, Kirsteen Knight and Charlotte McDonaldProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma AshmanSound: Hal Haines and Neil ChurchillEditor: Richard Vadon
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The UK is experiencing more rain and more floods than previously, and because of climate change this is set to get worse. More than 6 million homes are at risk of flooding in the UK. What is the state of the country’s flood defences? Can people get insurance? What can we do to prepare for a wetter future?
David Aaronovitch is joined by the following experts:Louise Slater, Professor of Hydroclimatology at the University of OxfordEdmund Penning-Rowsell, Research Associate at Oxford University Centre for the EnvironmentHannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology at the University of ReadingSteven Forrest, Lecturer in Flood Resilience and Sustainable Transformations, Hull University
Production team: Nick Holland, Kirsteen Knight and Charlotte McDonaldProduction Co-ordinator: Sophie Hill and Katie MorrisonSound: Neil ChurchillEditor: Richard Vadon
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